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Csethiro broke abruptly free of the pack and came sweeping towards him with hands outstretched, probably hoping to do damage control.
“Serenity,” she said, ignoring her father, who seemed to be wanting to prompt her like a conductor. “We are honoured to have you here.”
Maia had very little experience with the specific social mortifications of an embarrassing family— his own having simply chosen to forget he existed— and it wouldn’t have been fair to make a judgement, but there was already an undeniable tinge of the ridiculous to the entire affair.(Awkward dinners are part and parcel of the Emperor's role... but the Ceredada really are spectacularly embarrassing.)
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and if you do, I'll know it's you by astardanced
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
01 Nov 2024
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three other ways in which it did NOT happen... but harrowhark nonagesimus— and/or palamedes sextus— would probably have preferred it, if it had.
(first— a joust, a lady's favour, and a knighthood; second— a play, the holy roman emperor, and a sly matchmaking ploy; third— a social call, bonnets, and a card-party)
(or: tlt, after thomas malory, william shakespeare, and jane austen)
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remain nameless by astardanced
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
28 Jul 2024
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The classical world, the plays of Shakespeare, the Bible, every piece of literature and culture ever made, have all been burned to shreds in the nuclear fallout, lost to everyone except John and his excellent poetic memory. Sometimes he thinks it’s like that crap film, the one where everyone but that one guy forgot about the Beatles. Except instead of the Beatles, it’s all of human culture, ever. The names, the references— they mean nothing to anyone except him. He feels a certain responsibility, for blowing up the entire cultural canon. A shred of guilt. A shard. Sorry, William. Sorry, Geoffrey. Especially sorry, Jane.
They exist only in his head, now, and in his friend’s names.
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The Lancre Witches' Guide to Bein' Yourself by astardanced
Fandoms: Discworld - Terry Pratchett
22 Jun 2024
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“And here I was, forgetting my manners! What’s your name, my lad?”
Moist’s brain said: make something up.
Moist’s eyes made the mistake of glancing at Granny Weatherwax.
Moist’s mouth said, almost in fear of what would happen if it didn’t: “Moist Von Lipwig, Mrs Ogg.”
“Well, we mothers all make mistakes once in a while…”---
In Which Moist Von Lipwig Learns Self Possession - No Post On Octedays - Landing On Your Feet - Heart Attack and Homicide - The Havin’ Of Ways - The Cobblestone Rat-Mouse-Rabbit - Letters To The Afterlife - The Matter Of The Lead On The Opera House Roof
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scott street by astardanced
Fandoms: The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil (2022)
08 Dec 2023
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Agatha and Sophie realise quickly that ‘going home’, and ‘living in Gavaldon for the rest of your miserable existence’, aren’t quite the same thing.
With the barrier between Gavaldon and the Endless Woods permanently damaged, they’re offered a chance to return to the School, for what the Deans promise to be a ‘new and improved!’ and ‘much more serene!’ second year. Agatha doesn’t exactly believe them; but there are reasons why they might consider going back. A few...
Well, anyway.
Don’t be a stranger.
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wardwell clan/callis backstory by astardanced
Fandom: The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani
31 Jan 2023
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2 fics detailing the supreme misadventures of callis, her two sisters, their terrifying mother, and the entire witch clan that centres around them. everyone is named after someone in greek mythology and they're all witches that poison people. callis survives btw.
- tongues and teeth: callis prequel, going from her time at school, to the start of TLEA. 'clap if you think rafal should die' *aggressive applause*
- simmer: post-tlea. callis survives, then gets stuck running after agatha, who's running after tedros, who's running away from the camelot court, who have been talked into running after him by rhian. rhian is chilling and watching. he has not noticed that callis's mother is standing behind him with a bat with nails in it.- Words:
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set in canon but basically what I would have added/changed within it lol.
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tedros is a never, but it's only revealed at the end of QFG.
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The Stairs Beneath the Heart by hermitknut
Fandoms: The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
08 Dec 2020
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The reign of Varenechibal IV is over; the reign of Edrehasivar VII has begun. The transition, however, is anything but smooth, as the Alcethmeret household navigates grief and worry as well as adapting to the new emperor.
A series of missing scenes and unseen moments centering around the Alcethmeret household over the course of the first few months of Maia's reign.
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03 Nov 2024
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The thing about being young is that it happens to most everyone.
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03 Jun 2024
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In the wake of the death of his Grace Sir Samuel Vimes, the various city watches across the disc are brought together in a way seldom observed among coppers.
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i aim to break not one but all by goldstrvck (n_owsy), n_owsy
Fandoms: The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil (2022)
02 Feb 2024
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It takes one dedicated hand to make a wreck of things, and two to see the artistry in the aftermath. It might not seem that way to other people, but Agatha thinks they've got it handled. Sort of.
The companion ficlet series to just because i / we can.
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- Part 2 of so sweet (with a mean streak)
Bookmarked by astardanced
10 Aug 2023
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OPRAH LEAPING TO HER FEET AND SCREAMING DOT GIF
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train up a swordsman / to stab you in the back by nosecoffee
Fandoms: The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
25 Jul 2023
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The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a cavalier who can actually fight.
In an unlikely turn of events, Gideon the Seventh might be just what she's looking for.
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25 Jul 2023